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Window boxes are a beautiful fashion to add colour and style to your dwelling's exterior. They are very versatile, as you can choose whatever colour and plant that you lot prefer. They can even be a user-friendly addition to a kitchen if you use them to plant herbs or vegetables. To hang a window box on your home, y'all tin can use mounting brackets or vinyl siding hooks. Once you larn how to install your window boxes, they'll stay secure on your business firm all year circular.

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    Apply a pencil and measuring tape to mark 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the bottom of the window. Brand your pencil mark straight in line with the window frame. Do this on both sides of the window. This mark is where the top of the bracket will go.[1]

    • If y'all take the blazon of window that swings out, measure out and mark downwards 6 inches (xv cm) to viii inches (20 cm) instead.

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    Fasten the mounting bracket onto the side of the house with a drill and screw. On your mounting subclass you volition see ii-three holes that your screws become in. Place the subclass under the window, right nether your pencil mark. If there are three holes, use a drill to insert the screw into the eye hole on your bracket. (The height hole will exist used subsequently on to secure the box to the brackets.) If there are just 2 holes on your brackets, insert the spiral into the top hole.[2]

    • You should use a 3-inch (vii.6 cm) galvanized decking screw.
    • Be certain to attach the mounting bracket to the solid woods window frame—not the window trim.[3]

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    Apply a level to check that the bracket is straight. Before you enter your second screw, identify a 2-foot (0.61 m) level next to your bracket to brand certain that information technology is perfectly aligned and straight. This pace is very important so that your window box doesn't cease upwards kleptomaniacal on your window.[4]

    • You'll know your subclass is direct when the bubble on the level is centered between the lines on the tube.

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    Drill the second spiral. Once you are certain that the box is level, drill your 2nd smash into the bottom hole. This pigsty should be directly above where the window box will sit.[5]

    • These screws will be hidden by the window box one time you lot complete your install.

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    Install the second mounting bracket level with the start one. Identify the second bracket nether the window, right at the pencil marker you fabricated on the other side of the window. This time, use a 4-foot (ane.2 m) level to ensure that the two brackets are even. And then, repeat steps 2-3 to drill the holes in your subclass and fasten it in place.[6]

    • When using the level, take notation of where the bubble is located inside the tube. If the bubble is to the right of the lines, your window box will lean downwards to the left. If the chimera is on the left of the lines, your window box will slope downward to right. Brand sure the chimera is directly in the center earlier you drill the nails.

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    Prepare the window box on the installed brackets. Now that your mounting brackets are attached and secure to the side of your house, yous can place your window box on height of them! Make sure that the box is centered on the brackets. Yous can do this by using a measuring tape to measure the overhang of the brackets. For instance, each side of the window box may hang 3 inches (vii.6 cm) over the brackets.[vii]

    • If your window box has an angled side, make sure that is facing outward. It should be the front of your box.

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    Secure the window box to the brackets with a drill and two.5 inch (vi.4 cm) screws. You will demand to fasten the box to the brackets, or it will easily autumn off. Use the drill to insert galvanized decking screws that are 2.v inches (vi.4 cm) into the upper dorsum of the box and the top of the mounting brackets.[viii]

    • Now you have completed the secure install and can fill up and decorate your window box.

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    Purchase vinyl siding hooks. You should never drill holes or nail through vinyl siding. Your best option for hanging window boxes if your business firm outside is fabricated of vinyl siding is to purchase hooks fabricated especially for vinyl siding. This will prevent whatsoever damage to your house. You can purchase these hooks at whatsoever habitation improvement or gardening store.[nine]

    • Each vinyl siding hook will hold up to 12 pounds (5.four kg) of weight, so keep that in listen when purchasing and filling your window boxes.

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    Install ii vinyl siding hooks nether your window. The great thing about vinyl siding hooks is that they do not require any tools to install. They work by placing the hook in between the siding panels. To exercise this, have the end of the hook that has a rounded shape and put it betwixt the sidings simply under the window. Gently wiggle it until you feel it snap into place.[10]

    • Go along in listen that these hooks will just piece of work if your house has vinyl siding. It volition not work on brick or rock house siding.
    • Install at least 2 hooks per window box to ensure that the box is secure on the side of your business firm.
    • Once you install your hooks, you will be able to easily move them around to accommodate for the length of your window boxes. Just exist careful that you exercise not scratch the surface of the siding.

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    Hang a metal window box on the vinyl siding hooks. Metallic window boxes work best with vinyl siding hooks, because they typically have holes that volition slide right onto the hooks. Brand certain you lot distance the hooks and then that they are on each stop of the box. This volition ensure that the weight is evenly distributed and the box is level.[11]

    • If you want to use a wooden window box, you can cut two slits in the dorsum of the box where your hooks volition fit.

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    Measure the width and pinnacle of your windows. Y'all want to make sure your window box fits your window appropriately. Before you lot get started, mensurate your windows with a yardstick or tape measure out. Choose a window box that spans the unabridged width of your window.[12]

    • A window box that is also short will look off-balance, while 1 that is too long might make your house look too crowded.
    • You should likewise consider the acme of your window box. The superlative should be about xx-25 percent of the height of the window that yous're hanging it from.

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    Choose a window box that is at to the lowest degree 8 inches (20 cm) in depth and length. Your window box needs to be large enough to accommodate the plants yous'll be putting in them. Flowers and other plants demand plenty room to grow.[13]

    • Larger window boxes, 1 pes (0.30 g) in depth and width, would be best if y'all want to include a lot of plants to fill out the box.

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    Observe a window box with drainage holes. Plants grown in pots need drainage holes so that they don't sit in wet soil. If the window boxes you purchase practise not have holes, y'all will need to drill holes in the bottom before installing.[14]

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    Become a railing planter to further decorate your firm exterior. Maybe yous take some beautiful railings in forepart of your dwelling, or a deck that you desire to decorate with plants. You lot tin can always buy a railing planter box. They come with hooks attached to the box, then yous tin hands hang them over a railing without any tools required.[fifteen]

    • Endeavor to find planters with rubber or plastic coating. Metal brackets will scrape your railing and crusade damage.

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